Mon/Tue December 11th/12th, 2023
465 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104
The 2023 Fall West Coast CTO Summit - in San Francisco
Connect with, and learn from your peers at the San Francisco CTO Summit
Event starts in 187 days
Free for qualified attendees*
*Participation is limited to CTOs, CDOs, and Directors/VPs of Software, Platform and Data/Analytics in product companies (not dev shops) with at least 200 full time employees in product/engineering
ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO CTO SUMMIT
If you’re a CTO, CDO or Director/VP of Software, Platform or Data/Analytics at a company with 200+ FTEs in product/engineering, join other Geeks Who Lead at Scale at the 2023 West Coast CTO Summit in San Francisco on December 11th-12th. Entrance is free (and limited) to qualified applicants, so you know you’ll be in a room with your peers, and you don’t have the hassle of expensing the admittance fee. The event is comprised of six separate events, so whether you want a full day of participation, presentations and discussions with your peers or just to drop in for the CTOs as Scale breakfast or the Data or Platform/Tooling evening reception, you can keep up to date as an engineering leader and will have an opportunity to share and get peer input on your most pressing business challenges. Whether you’re looking to improve the effectiveness of your engineering org, handle a reorg with grace, manage difficult conversations with business stakeholders, improve your data infrastructure or just think about how to improve your impact or quality of life as an engineering leader, join us in San Francisco to connect with and learn from your peers.
WHY ATTEND?
Keep up to date with trends
Identify good practices
Strengthen your network
Get inspired and motivated
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Summit agenda

Monday, December 11, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
It is a chance to connect with and learn from your peers while discussing what might be next for effectively building and managing data orgs at scale.
Free for qualified attendees*
5:30 PM

Registration opens

6:00 PM

Introduction / exercise

6:05 PM

Partner lightning talk

6:10 PM

Keynote

6:25 PM

Partner lightning talk

9:30 PM

Keynote

6:45 PM

Partner lightning talk

6:50 PM

Participation

7:00 PM

Networking

7:30 PM

END OF EVENT

Global Partner

Monday, December 11, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
The Future of Data Dinner is a chance to continue the conversation from the reception. We’ll have a panel of three industry experts discussing trends in building and managing data orgs while enjoying a plated, three course sit-down dinner with our peers.
Free for qualified attendees*
7:00 PM

Registration

7:30 PM

Plated dinner

7:30 PM

Welcome and introductions

7:35 PM

The Future of Data panel discussion

8:15 PM

Prompted table conversations

9:00 PM

Networking

9:30 PM

End of event

Global Partner

Tuesday, December 12, 8:00am - 9:45am
The CTOs at Scale breakfast is an exclusive chance for the most senior engineering leader in larger companies to discuss the challenges of building and managing software engineering teams at scale (200+ full time employees).
Free for qualified attendees*
8:00 AM

REGISTRATION

8:30 AM

Introductions

8:35 AM

Panel Discussion

9:15 AM

Prompted table conversations

9:45 AM

END OF EVENT

Global Partner

Tuesday, December 12, 9:30am - 6:00pm
CTO summit is a chance for a range of senior engineering leaders working at larger companies to connect with and learn from their peers with a full day of presentations, participation and networking.
Free for qualified attendees*
9:30 AM

REGISTRATION

10:00 AM

SUMMIT KICKOFF / EXERCISE

10:10 AM

Keynote

10:30 AM

TOPIC

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Hot takes (3 x 10 minute talks)

1:30 PM

Topic

3:00 PM

Break

3:30 PM

Topic

4:00 PM

Keynote

4:20 PM

What we learned

4:30 PM

Networking

5:00 PM

END OF EVENT

Global Partner

Tuesday, December 12, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
The Platform/tooling Reception is a chance to connect with and learn from your peers while discussing what might be next for effectively building and managing platform orgs at scale.
Free for qualified attendees*
5:30 PM

Registration Opens

6:00 PM

Introduction / exercise

6:05 PM

Partner lightning talk

6:10 PM

Keynote

6:25 PM

Partner lightning talk

6:45 PM

Partner lightning talk

6:50 PM

Participation

7:00 PM

Networking

7:30 PM

END OF EVENT

Global Partner

Tuesday, December 12, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
The Platform/Tooling Dinner is a chance to continue the conversation from the reception. We’ll have a panel of three industry experts discussing trends in building and managing platform orgs while enjoying a plated, three course sit-down dinner with our peers.
Free for qualified attendees*
7:00 PM

Registration

7:30 PM

PLATED DINNER

7:30 PM

Welcome and introductions

7:35 PM

The Platform panel discussion

8:15 PM

PROMPTED TABLE CONVERSATIONS

9:00 PM

Networking

9:30 PM

Wrap

Global Partner
"The sessions were high caliber and had a lasting impact on my work this year. As a single-day event in my hometown, it was easy to work into my schedule."


Jennifer Farver
CEO at 8th Light
“The summits bring together industry leaders who are passionate about sharing high-quality, practical knowledge in an environment that fosters valuable networking, learning, and growth.”


Nick Caldwell
former GM of Core Tech @ Twitter
“IT'S JUST SO RARE TO GET SUCH A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LEADERS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES COMMON TO US ALL. IT'S A MUST ATTEND FOR ANYONE IN TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP.”


Robert Conrad
CTO at Crunchbase
GLOBAL PARTNER
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